Cylinder Seal

B5006

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B5006
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Soapstone
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, soapstone

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated bearded god holding a small vase below the crescent. He had a turban and a fringed shawl. His seat is covered with three rows of flounced material after the style of the Third Ur Dynasty. A divine attendant, with horned mitre, hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe, leads by the hand a bearded worshiper with turban and fringed shawl. Both adore with their free hand up. In the rear an ithyphallic Eabani holds up a large club or spear - emblem of Marduk (?) Cyl. seal. Limonite, 25 ½ x 14 mm

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 295 - Other Number | P261198 - CDLI Number

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